Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-12-16

times. and in view of It's great
value, the State should lose as lit
tie time as possible in safely placing
its valuable records in a fireprOof
building. There has already been
set apart for the construction OF
this building Riddleberger bonds
as follows:
Face value of Riddleberger
bonds held by Board, $685.
200, the market value of
which at 63 cents SlO2,Sl w
Also a bond Of the Tredegar
Company due March 1913,
for three wears 1907 So
81 Bank Richmond. va. p 81
Making total of.-.--..------ SlO9,oIo ~
already available for this purpose.
The money with which these
bonds were bought was realised
from the sale of real estate owned
by the Commonwealth as set forth
in Acts 1884, chapter 253, sec
ton 1, and the proceeds of sale in
vested required by section s of same
act approved March 10th, 1854.
advise that an appropriation be
made tor painting the outside of
the Capitol, Governors mansion
and outbnildings. Their appear
ance and preservation alike de-
mand it.
REGISTER OF LAND OFFICE.
hope the Legislature will close
" search the expense account OF
the Government and promptly re-
duce disbursements wherever it can
be done without injury to the pub
lie service, and where such expen-
ditures are unnecessary abolish
them. In this way the amount
to be taken from the revenue ac-
count will be smaller and the sur
plus income greater.
AS a beginning of this good work
| have the honor to recommend that
the position of the Register of the
Land Office be abolished, and that
all papers, books and records be
turned over to the Second Audi
tors Office.
Second. That the police fierce for
duty an the Capitol and public
grounds be composed as now OF
seven members, to be appointed by
the Governor, one of whom shall
be known as chief OF police and SUI
perintendent of public buildings. -
This Office should be held RESPONSE
BILE tor the strict performance Of
their duties by the police, and shall,
by the direction of the Governor,
have charge of the repairs to public
buildings and see that the public
grounds are kept clean and in every
respect in good condition.
The pay ofthe six policemen shall
be the same as they receive now
namely sos per month, and the pay
of the chief of police be SS5 per
month.
have also to recommend that
the convict labor now employed at
the Capitol and public grounds be
replaced by the work of men who
have notcommitted offences against
the State laws; this work is done
now by seven convicts, some OF
whom are guarded by the Capitol
police, and others labor under a
guard from the penitentiary.
The work done by these convicts
can be much more satisfactorily
performed by three or four good
laborers at say thirty dollars per
month to be selected and employed
by the chief of police. q ~ e +
> The official reports from beads OF
various departments Of the Govern
meat have all been rendered; they
Will be found faithful in detail and
full of material; and to those re-
ports you are respectfully referred.
And now to you, gentlemen of
the Assembly, l commit the I'M
portant subjects brought to your at
tention, with confident hope that
your enactments will exalt the civ
ilizstion, promote the tranquility,
and increase the happiness and
prosperity of the people of this
great Commonwealth.
FITzHUGH LEE.